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A review by solaceinprose
Black and Blue by Gena Showalter
4.0
This is the kind of writing I expect from Gena, meaning that I was disappointed in the slightest. There were a few things that were hokey to me, like Blue's never ending power (or at least limited ending power) and the stupid abbreviations. I'm sorry, but grown ass adults do not talk like that in real life. It may have been used as a joke, but after awhile, I was rolling my eyes. Thankfully, it wasn't too much in the book. Blue's powers seemed to be there mainly to get them out of a tight spot, but I guess when you're writing about aliens then you can kind of do whatever you want.
It seems like Gena uses the Otherworlders series as her series to just have fun in and forget that she's a born again Christian shoving her Christian influences in her other books. There was no marriage before sex (which has happened in her last angels book and LOTU book). There wasn't even a mention of how sex was a sacred bond, blah blah blah. The Otherworlder series seems to be her naughty series, and I think that's why I'm starting to prefer it more than the others.
Here's what I liked about this book:
-Blue was not afraid to express his feelings. He wasn't this tough, macho, I FEEL NOTHING kind of guy. Yet, he was still a bad ass agent and football player.
-Evie kicked ass throughout the entire book. She even saved Blue in numerous occasions. She didn't need to be saved.
-THEY ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS.
-The hot hot sex.
Here's what I didn't like about this book:
-The arrogance coming from everyone. We know you guys are awesome. Tone it down a notch.
-The fact that Pagan ended up being just like the rest of Blue's exes, all psycho and trying to lie about being pregnant. That whole arc was pointless and stupid, and didn't add to the story at all.
-That Vika would be the one to talk baby talk to her stomach. Please let's not destroy a character who had to go through a LOT in the last book only to be assassinated in this one as a simpering, baby talking female.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I look forwarded to reading about John No Name, although, I'm sure his book will be nothing but anguish and manpain after the treatment he has gotten in this book. It'll be interesting to see where she takes this story since the main bad guy dies in this one. I guess we'll get John's POV from when he was being locked up and skinned alive. FUN TIMES.
It seems like Gena uses the Otherworlders series as her series to just have fun in and forget that she's a born again Christian shoving her Christian influences in her other books. There was no marriage before sex (which has happened in her last angels book and LOTU book). There wasn't even a mention of how sex was a sacred bond, blah blah blah. The Otherworlder series seems to be her naughty series, and I think that's why I'm starting to prefer it more than the others.
Here's what I liked about this book:
-Blue was not afraid to express his feelings. He wasn't this tough, macho, I FEEL NOTHING kind of guy. Yet, he was still a bad ass agent and football player.
-Evie kicked ass throughout the entire book. She even saved Blue in numerous occasions. She didn't need to be saved.
-THEY ACTUALLY TALKED ABOUT THEIR FEELINGS.
-The hot hot sex.
Here's what I didn't like about this book:
-The arrogance coming from everyone. We know you guys are awesome. Tone it down a notch.
-The fact that Pagan ended up being just like the rest of Blue's exes, all psycho and trying to lie about being pregnant. That whole arc was pointless and stupid, and didn't add to the story at all.
-That Vika would be the one to talk baby talk to her stomach. Please let's not destroy a character who had to go through a LOT in the last book only to be assassinated in this one as a simpering, baby talking female.
I thoroughly enjoyed this book, and I look forwarded to reading about John No Name, although, I'm sure his book will be nothing but anguish and manpain after the treatment he has gotten in this book. It'll be interesting to see where she takes this story since the main bad guy dies in this one. I guess we'll get John's POV from when he was being locked up and skinned alive. FUN TIMES.